TouchKeys Instruments Ltd has launched a new website for its TouchKeys, a musical instrument that transforms the piano-style keyboard into an expressive multi-touch control surface.

The TouchKeys are thin sensor overlays that attach to any standard-sized keyboard. Each key uses capacitive touch sensing — the same technology used in smartphones and trackpads — to precisely measure the location of each finger touching the keyboard.

Because the TouchKeys attach to an existing keyboard, they retain the familiar keyboard shape and action while enabling new expressive playing techniques.

TouchKeys features

High Resolution — The sensors measure over 1500 points of resolution on the long axis of each key and 256 points on the narrow axis. That’s sub-millimetre accuracy!

Low Latency — The sensors are measured every 5 milliseconds for a natural, low-latency interaction.

Intuitive Mappings — Mappings between touch and sound are designed to be there when you need them and stay out of your way when you don’t. Mappings are fully customisable.